My personal standard of issuing an Alert is that I have to come across a piece of information that causes me to personally take some sort of action. While I don’t have any particular piece of news – rather I have the assortment of data points listed in Part 1 of this report plus some that did not make it in – I am finding myself increasing my personal preparations.

I am being extra cautious these days, weary of sending out yet another report to ‘be cautious, and prepared’ only to have the “”markets”” rocket back up a few days later for no reason and on no news.